Fish-reel.



Patented Feb. .|48, |902.

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FISH REEL.

- (Application med'ng. 27, moo.;

(No Model.)

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. y citizen ofthe United States, residing in Belvidere, in the county-ofooneandgState 'oflllinois, have inventedv v"new, and l'usefiil"Im,- provem'ent in .FismReelsfo'f'whichthefollow-` This invention relatesto an in the construction o f"`fIisl1'5reels;'and its-naturejand object will a'ppearmore fully from n the-folloivin g specification, in connection with Atheuaccompanying.drawings, in which- Figure l-is a top or plan view of my iin proved reel. yFig.,2 is a-side elevation of the same.. Figs. yandet arelasection taken on '.the lines '5 4 of Fig.2, this section' being-made upon a largerscale than said former figures. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the open end of the reel-frame upon the saine scale as Figi ;`and

' ablehead, also Aupon the same scale as. Figs.

Fig. G .is an interiorfaceview of the removl and 2. Figs. 7,8, 9,10, ll, and l2, upon the same scale as Figs. 3 and '4, represent deV- tails of themechanism. f u

The reel, as shown in saiddrawings, is made of the usual approved form,` consisting of the kbarrel A` and convex end disks AA.,

` B is the axle ofthe reel, ythe endsof which:

at l? are coued. Attached'to this axle is the pinion Op l l' l -D is the crank-axle,iconed at d, and E is the usual crank-handle connected yto said crankshaft D. Attached to said crank-shaft sthe vss 'usual gear-Wheel F, meshing with the pinion C andmultiplying the revolutions. ofthe crank-shaft at -the reel-shaft. The two bear# .ings for the reel-shaft and thev two bearings for the crank-shaft are reach ballQbearings, the balls being shovi'n'at G,and these balls bear in each case upon thejconed portions of ythe shaft,so that lWhatever the 'strain or thrust may be or become-ink action the movement of the shafts is fric'tionless,'or atleast as frictionless as a ball-bearing makes it. This fric- -tionless movement of the bearings throughout makes the reel a very'free running one and.

is a great advantage in casting.

H H H2H3 are the cupped ball-seats, in

the cup of Which the balls-Gr are placed and held in place by a ring h, vwhich may be an ordinary split-spring ring, as shown in Fig, l2, or may be a screw-threaded ring h, as

iimprovementA V` `shown.inriespect tothe large cup H2L" l `Inthe,`

structure shown-in thedravvings thejspring form' of: ring isemployed-on three of the bear-v 'ings f=l5I-fllllv Hfandfthefscrew formof; ring is employedonv the-larger bearing H?. l' In each case'the vcu p is externally circular and screw threaded lfor-the purposeofifsecuring them to the easesorfrainefof thereel. Y vTheheads'of the yreel-case are each provided-With a hub J,

internally screwthreaded,"and the cups and Hare screwed into these hubs and adjusted by .means of said screw-threads to proper position ,with reference to the ends of place, the friction of the:` stationary Washer` h3 preventing the c up from loosening by turning.- The largecuiji'H2 on the outer end of the crank-shaft may be -constructed vprecisely i'n the manner above described-that is to lsa'y,.vvitl 1a hub onithe casing; but I have fouhdit more Convenient in the manuthe shaft. For conveniencein turning these` l. screw-threaded cups into place the cup is.

`facture tofmake a-variation-lthatisvto say,

insteadiof having ahub on the casing in this Izl2 With'na collar h6 and secure the cup to the casingby means of an external ring-nut k7.

This "construction enables me to make .the

instance vI make an aperture 4through the-` crank-shaft adjustable to'and from thelrleelshaft by'slotting the aperture inthe casing through which the neck of 4the lcup passes.

,The inner bearing'of the crank-'shaft is carv ried in astirrup-frame K,secured to the casing by screws K', andthe aperturesV in the casing through which these screWsK pass to the outside should, in like manner, be slotted' to permit this end ofthe shaft to b'e subjected to andfrom the reel-shaft tocompensate for vWear in the gearing.

In the form of bearings shownv the ballsare' locked in the cups and the axles may all be IGC removed readily and replaced without disarranging the bearing. This is a great con'- venience in such a structure as a fish-reel.

It Will be noted that the bearings of the two ends of the reel-shaft are of such nature that the axle does not penetrate far into the bearings and being cone-shaped at the ends is self-centering upon the balls. This feature enables me to readily make the device separable, so that the reel itself, with its axle and the pinion thereon, may be bodily removed from the casing and replaced with the greatest facility, and `this feature is an advantage and convenience to the user, for, as is well known, sometimes the reel overruns or the wet line from other cause `becomes entangled or inwound on the body of the reel. In such case the whole reel can be bodily removed from the casing in my construction and the trouble removed without diliiculty and the reel replaced in running order, and in the present structure to accomplish this it is only necessary to make one of the heads of the casing removable endwise. In the structure shown this removability is given to the head M-the one to which is connected the crank-shaft. At this end of the reel-frame the framework is extended in the form of a cylindrical collar N (shown at Fig. 5) and provided with bayonet-slots u. The head IWI is provided with a flange fm, to slip over the collar N, and this flange m has internallyprojecting pins m to engage the bayonetcatches. The head M is applied to the frame by slipping it on endwise and turning it to lock the bayonet-joint, as will be readily understood. To prevent accidental 11nlocking, the collar N has a springn, provided at its free end with a small round-headed pin n2, which projects through the collar N, and when the head M is in place projects through an aperture in the flange m of said head, thus locking the two parts together with sufcient irmness to prevent rotary disengagement. When the head M is to be removed,

this spring-pin 'n2 is depressed by the thumb, and the bayonet-joint may be disengaged. When the head M is thus removed, the reel may be slipped out endwise, there being nothing to prevent its ready removal as a whole, carrying with Ait its axle and the pinion thereon, and in like manner said reel can be replaced, the conical end of the axle readily entering the ball-bearing and centering itself, and the ball-bearing on the head M readily centering itself upon the other end of the axle and the pinion and gear-wheel as readily sliding into engagement.

I claim- Y l 1. The fish-reel provided with ball-bearings at each end of the reel-shaftand ball-bearings at each end of the crank-shaft, the crankshaft and its bearings and one of the bearings of the reel-shaft being connected to a removable head, which in turn is connected to the framework of the reel by means of a bayonet-joint formed in the cylindrical part of the head, said removable head being furnished with a spring-detent, all substantially as specified, whereby said head may be easily and quickly removed and applied to said framework, and will be brought to a positive position when applied, and will be locked by the detent against accidental displacement.

2. The fish-reel provided with ball-bearings on the reel-shaft and ball-bearings on the crank-shaft and having a removable head which carries one of the bearings of the reelshaft and also the crankshaft and its bear-` ings, the ball-cup of the crank-shaft bearings being provided with an internal collar and an external ring-nut between which the balls are held, substantially as speciiied.

3. In a ball-bearing fish-reel having a re.-

movable head to which is attached one of the specified.

WILLIAM S. SUTTON. Witnesses:

MARK I. HALL, WALTER J. MALLETT. 

